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google pages - retailspice Another retail guide... http://retailspice.googlepages.com/ Article related to home theatre and LCD TVs If you are planning to buy a home theater or already have one then read these article and follow the directions for optimum performance Guide to select a good Home Theatre How to Choose Right LCD TV for your Home Dolby Digital vs DTS Surround Sound - Which is Better? Understand the difference between HDTV 1080p & 1080i A Plasma HDTV or an LCD TV Set - Which is Better? Add your suggestions for improvements http://www.retailspice.com Launching of new website www.retailspice.comAs I have launched a new website www.retailspice.com I am not getting enough time to write blog here. thanks for your e-mails. I will be back soon Todays IDEAS tomorrow's big companies Is it team work or hard work? Some one who can convert an IDEA to business becomes a successful business man. But everyone in this world is not a business man. It is very sad to see some of our successful corporate lacks IDEAS and do not entertain IDEAS from external sources. They started believing that they are bigger and reached in a stage where need of any IDEAS from out side world irrelevent. Some of them fear that once IDEA is taken from someone they have pay them back one day. In our day to day life we can see many people around us who share their IDEAS without expecting anything. Even that kind of IDEAS too have no place in many companies. The day any corporate start thinking that they have sufficient IDEAS they began their journey to forgotten history. A search on Google for “"Unsolicited Idea Submission Policy” will tell you the truth. Guess who is first in the list.. I am not a saint, but I am not greedy. If some one gave 1 billion $ and ask me to do some thing which my conscience does not permit I will not do. Last 32 years money could not change me even in the difficult times or in present situations Contd… How poor people can be .... perspective of viewOne day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the Father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah" said the son. "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered,
"I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them." With this the boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are." Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don't have. What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession.
It is all based on one's perspective. Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty we have, instead of worrying about wanting more. Take joy in all you have, especially your friends. Life is not measured by the breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away. Perseverance
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Just 4 words! The wolves within The wolves within SAP Teched bangaloreLast couple of weeks I was away for SAP Teched at Bangalore. TechEd ’06 has seen record levels at all locations – with Las Vegas seeing an increased of 15% and Amsterdam an increase of 25% over the previous year - the Bangalore chapter emerged the most popular considering the whopping 40% increase in registrations over 2005
It was a nice experience which I may not forget for a while as it was my first experience as demo staff representing SAP. Even though I am from a Defense background I was really impressed with the event managed by the team at SAP bangalore. I could also able to witness some of the consistent and rock solid product from SAP. Leave me a comment or mail if you would like to see some of the snaps.
This event and the way which it presented is a good example for SAP’s integrity, sincerity and commitment towards its customers , partners and community. Microsoft Webcasts
I have attended many web cast from different companies on different technology and products. But Microsoft web casts never disappointed me. So far I have attended more than 40 webcast from Microsoft to improve my knowledge and in turn assist me to perform better in my profession.
Most of the time I got more than what I expected from Microsoft webcasts. If you guys are interested please register for the same. Almost 187 webcasts are coming up within a couple of weeks. I am am sure you will be benefited from the same. To access the complete list of web casts please access following link.
or Zune is comingThe iPod will have a new competitor in the market from November 2006 from software giant Microsoft with an expected pricing of $229 . It opens WINDOWS of a new market "social" music connectivity. Some of the feature mentioned in a forum dedicated to ZUNE WMA, MP3, AAC,
JPEG,WMV, MPEG-4, H.264 media playback Wooden Coffin A farmer got so old that he couldn't work the fields anymore. So he would spend the day just sitting on the porch. His son, still working the farm, would look up from time to time and see his father sitting there. "He's of no use any more," the son thought to himself, "he doesn't do anything!" One day the son got so frustrated by this, that he built a wooden coffin, dragged it over to the porch, and told his father to get in. Without saying anything, the father climbed inside. After closing the lid, the son dragged the coffin to the edge of the farm where there was a high cliff. As he approached the drop, he heard a light tapping on the lid from inside the coffin. He opened it up. Still lying there peacefully, the father looked up at his son. "I know you are going to throw me over the cliff, but before you do, may I suggest something?" "What is it?" replied the son. "Throw me over the cliff, if you like," said the father, "but save this good wooden coffin. Your children might need to use it." Can you say Apple products are better than Microsoft Products?If Apple is really the brains of the industry--if its products are so much better than Microsoft's or Dell's or IBM's or Hewlett-Packard's--then why is the company so damned small? (Consider that in the last 10 years alone, Apple has been issued 1,300 patents, almost one-and-a- half times as many as Dell and half as many as Microsoft--which earns 145 times as much money.). Apple have only 2% of market share on 180% billion PC market over the world. Conventional wisdom has long answered that Apple is the victim of a single, huge strategic error: the decision in the 1970s not to license its operating system. But that was long ago and far away. “TRUTH IS, SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE INSTITUTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN BUSINESS HAVE BEEN COLOSSAL FAILURES.” It is not the number of patent, it is the number of patent can actually convert into value addition to products that matter. As Microsoft say “People ready” business where your staff are more important than your product. Apple never considered common man. They were in a fool’s paradise. Ipod is succeeded only because there was no competitor for them, If they can have the consistent groth by end of 2008 they survive or else they decline to 2% in ipod market too. Problem with apple is that it is growing on a big tree which is not accessible to common man, in fact you may need a ladder which cost more than apple to pluck the apple. Not All Innovation Is Equal
Microsoft has officially confirmed rumors that they will come out with a digital music player, the Zune Why Coke is not selling Pepsi or vice versaEU slaps $ 357 million fine on Microsoft – This is one of the rare news which make me crazy. “I have no alternative but to levy penalty payments for continued compliance” said EU competition commissioner. When operating system to office is made by a company, why Microsoft is prevented to bundle Media player which comes free.
Did you forget the days you paid for a browser? Microsoft is the one who made it free. There may be business intention, but who doesn’t have? Can you imagine this kind of growth if there is no Microsoft operating system?
Microsoft is the only software company who empowered the common man made this world accessible to everyone, can anyone deny this. People never realize that in a world where there is no Gates and Windows it will be complete wall which can be accessed only by few people who have the power to jump or fly across.
Have you ever tried to install an operating system from competitor of Microsoft? They talk about security, reliability, availability etc, but no one speak about usability user friendliness. Yes I partially agree with them but without installation how I use it. Every time I have to search for an expert to install it. Don’t ask me about hardware installation. I saw the hell. Why Pepsi is not forced to sell coke. Pizza hut does not have domino’s pizza. Does it happening in EU. Then why do they insist Microsoft to unbundle their own product from their operating system? May be I am too small to understand this logic. For Microsoft official press release Click here You gotta love Kids!The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an
Google Check outGoogle Inc. on Thursday will launch a long-awaited service called Google Checkout, which some analysts said could help online merchants boost sales and convince them to commit more advertising money to the Web search leader.
Analysts were mixed on whether the product, initially available only in the United States, puts eBay Inc.'s PayPal online payment system in Google's competitive sights. The new offering, referred to in news and analyst reports as GBuy or Google Wallet, promises online sellers an easy way to add a checkout to their sites and can be used in addition to other options such as PayPal or a merchant's own pay system.
Google said Checkout stores names, shipping and credit card information and eliminates the need for consumers to resubmit that data with each purchase. Google is responsible for processing the credit card payments and keeping data safe. "We think we're making e-commerce a lot more efficient and easier to use," Salar Kamangar, Google's vice president of product management, told Reuters. Google checkout
How Too Many Long Hours Can Be Bad for Your CareerApproximately 2,500 years ago, Confucius told his students: "To go too far is as bad as to fall short." Excessive work, he said, is as undesirable as laziness. As simple as this advice may sound, most of us still fail to grasp it, thinking that the only downsides of overwork are fatigue and burnout. In reality, the side effects can be much more serious. Especially for managers, hard work can become toxic at extreme doses and "poison" a career. First, working excessively long hours can mask weaknesses. These may surface too late, when problems are no longer easily fixed. Consider the manager who routinely does the work of her assistant because she failed to recruit the right person and train him properly. Her superiors may not notice the problem if she's willing to work hard enough. The individual may not even grasp the extent of her problem, as she will probably be busy praising herself for working harder than anyone else. Consequently, this executive who needs urgent training in human management, instead, can be put in charge of a five-person team. This is when all hell breaks loose. Hard work can't make up for the inefficiencies she creates for five employees. After all, there are only so many hours in a day. If this manager weren't willing to work insane hours, the problem would have been exposed earlier and addressed before her promotion. In the end, she would go much further in her career. If, however, the problem surfaces as a result of a failure, the manager will have not only a long-term weakness to address but also a fiasco to explain. Another problem with working long hours is that such a lifestyle is extremely difficult to sustain. An analogy is a company that relies exclusively on price cuts to gain market share. Charging $1 for a product that costs 98 cents to manufacture is not a sensible strategy, because it leaves no room for error. The first labor strike or product recall can easily drive the corporation into bankruptcy. .......... ......... You might ask: "How do I know if I am working too hard?" Here are three ways to tell:
Extract from a great book by Hunkar Ozyasar When Time Management Fails
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Google - Free mobile service ProviderTELECOMS companies in Britain are preparing to face a challenge from Google, the internet search engine, which is planning a move into mobile communications. The US firm is to launch a free wireless internet access service in its home town of Mountain View, California, later this month. Despite assurances from Google that it has no current plans "to expand this community service beyond the Bay Area [San Francisco]", industry analysts believe the search giant is preparing to use the growing popularity of wi-fi to enter the mobile communications market outside the US. It intends to take on a new role in becoming an internet service provider using a patchwork of wi-fi hotspots to provide high-speed internet access in public areas. The company also has plans to partner wireless internet service provider EarthLink to offer a similar free internet access service across San Francisco. Adam Walkden, a consultant at analyst firm Visiongain, said: "We believe they are considering offering the service - possibly by partnering other internet service providers, outside the US. The San Francisco rollout will be a testbed. "Google's successful advertising-based business model allows the company to offer services for free. "If it can convert this business model to include local based advertising to wi-fi users, it poses a significant threat to mobile operators." Google's head of special initiatives, Chris Sacca, last week told the American media that its network could be a vehicle for delivering advertising. The Precious Gift
The Precious Gift Google gets ready to launch online spreadsheetsSearch giant Google is preparing to launch an online spreadsheet which will put it into competition with the Microsoft's Excel product.
So far only a beta version of the spreadsheet has been released to an 'invitation-only' audience. The spreadsheet will be free to download, but will require a constant internet connection in order to function. Features include the ability to import and export data from Microsoft Excel, as well as open access and editing for a number of different users. But commentators were less convinced about its value as a business application, or its threat to Microsoft's dominance in the spreadsheet market.
"If I was an enterprise, I would go nowhere near this," Guernsey Research Analyst Chris Le Tocq told San Francisco Chronicle. He said that if the Internet crashes the company has no access to its data. "If I was a small-business person, I would also be extremely wary... The only people who should consider this would be people on a tight budget -- a student, or nonprofit or an educational institution." In a report released by RBC Capital Markets, and quoted on Forbes.com, analyst Robert Breza said that he didn't see Google Spreadsheet as a credible replacement for Excel, going on to say that it was "very unlikely" for any enterprise to run their core spreadsheet requirements on a web-based offering: "We believe it is more likely to spur Microsoft in developing a similar offering." |
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